Partnership between Urban and Rural Areas

Have Health Human Resources Become More Equal Between Rural and Urban Areas after the New Reform?

The lack of health human resources is a global issue. China also faces the same issue, in addition to the equity of human resources allocation. With the launch of new healthcare reform of China in 2009, have the issues been improved? Relevant data from China Health Statistical Yearbook and a qualitative study show that the unequal allocation of health human resources is getting worse than before.

Road Extraction in Rural and Urban Areas

An approach for automatic road extraction from digital aerial imagery is presented. The extraction is based on a semantic model for roads. The images are divided into different so-called “global contexts”: rural, forest, and urban. Different parts of the road model and different strategies are used in the different global contexts. In rural areas, a multi-scale approach is employed to find init...

Childhood Asthma in Rural-Urban Areas

Electricity Consumption in Rural vs . Urban Areas

Average Winter electricity consumption for rural residents in Utah is significantly greater than for those living in urban areas. Based on data from a 1980 survey of Utah residents, this rural-urban consumption differential was investigated using multiple regression analysis. It was determined that the stock of electricity-using devices, climate, and demographic characteristics were the most im...

Correction: Comparison of Bone Mineral Density between Urban and Rural Areas: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

The following information is missing from the Funding section. The publication of this review was supported by the Wellcome Trust (EPNCBD6710). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. Copyright: © 2015 Matsuzaki et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attributi...